Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly

The women's 200 metre butterfly event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, Canada. The event took place on July 19, 1976.^[1]

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Karen Moe-Thornton	United States	2:14.53	Q, OR
2	Becky Smith	Canada	2:15.79
3	Judith Hudson	Australia	2:18.12
4	Gunilla Andersson	Sweden	2:22.04
5	María Mock	Puerto Rico	2:23.71
6	Rosemary Ribeiro	Brazil	2:23.79

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Tamara Shelofastova	Soviet Union	2:14.39	Q, OR
2	Donnalee Wennerstrom	United States	2:15.56
3	Linda Hanel	Australia	2:17.66
4	Beate Jasch	West Germany	2:19.19
5	Joanne Atkinson	Great Britain	2:21.23
6	Miriam Hopkins	Ireland	2:24.96
7	Þórunn Alfreðsdóttir	Iceland	2:29.22

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Andrea Pollack	East Germany	2:11.56	Q, OR
2	Nataliya Popova	Soviet Union	2:14.65	Q
3	Lynne Rowe	New Zealand	2:17.89
4	Yasue Hatsuda	Japan	2:18.03
5	Anne Adams	Great Britain	2:22.62
6	Chantal Grimard	Belgium	2:26.04

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Ulrike Tauber	East Germany	2:13.50	Q
2	Wendy Quirk	Canada	2:14.30	Q
3	Cheryl Gibson	Canada	2:14.65	Q
4	Donatella Talpo-Schiavon	Italy	2:21.88
5	María París	Costa Rica	2:23.52
6	María Hung	Venezuela	2:23.64
7	Jane Alexander	Great Britain	2:26.61

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Rosemarie Kother-Gabriel	East Germany	2:12.93	Q
2	Camille Wright	United States	2:14.77
3	Michelle Ford	Australia	2:18.24
4	Kuniko Banno	Japan	2:21.68
5	José Damen	Netherlands	2:21.73
6	Rossana Juncos	Argentina	2:28.81

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Andrea Pollack	East Germany	2:11.41	OR
	Ulrike Tauber	East Germany	2:12.50
	Rosemarie Kother-Gabriel	East Germany	2:12.86
4	Karen Moe-Thornton	United States	2:12.90
5	Wendy Quirk	Canada	2:13.68
6	Cheryl Gibson	Canada	2:13.91
7	Tamara Shelofastova	Soviet Union	2:14.26
8	Nataliya Popova	Soviet Union	2:14.50

References

1. "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2016.

External links

• Official Olympic Report